Here’s a full list of the pubs and bars the group owns in Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire The Market Tavern, in Hanley A major chain with pubs and bars across Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire is considering selling more than 1,000 of its venues. The move would see the firm part company …
Read More »Stoke-on-Trent post office to shut after operator ‘resigns’
It shuts next year – and will not be replaced Lichfield Street Post Office inside Costcutter at Hanley Bus Station A post office branch within Stoke-on-Trent’s biggest bus station is to shut. The branch is inside Costcutter at Hanley Bus Station. But the operator has resigned and the branch will …
Read More »Hanley Post Office faces uncertain future after WHSmith deal
Hanley Post Office is in The Potteries Centre Hanley Post Office queues The long-term future of a city centre post office branch remains uncertain – after the impending sale of WHSmith. Hanley Post Office has been inside WHSmith in The Potteries Centre ever since leaving its Tontine Street HQ. But …
Read More »Recap: Paramedics and police called to Hanley
Man in hospital Emergency services were called at 6.40am. A spokeswoman for Staffordshire Police said: “We went to Tontine Street in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, after concerns were raised for the safety of a man. “Colleagues from West Midlands Ambulance Service also attended and a man was taken to hospital.” The ambulance …
Read More »Inside Hanley’s newest karaoke bar set to offer cocktails and bottomless brunch
Hanley’s newest karaoke bar is hoping to become a permanent fixture on the city centre’s pub scene by welcoming in waves of would-be crooners. Manager Jack Richardson-Need says the boozer was born to ‘dish out fun’. The Strangled Cat – owned by operator Breakthrough Bars – has replaced Hanley Bloom …
Read More »Hanley riot yob’s shame as he repeatedly struck female police officer
A yob repeatedly hit a police officer and spat at them as trouble erupted in Hanley. Marcus Ramsden was among the throng as officers were being pelted with missiles and abuse as a riot erupted in the city centre. The 22-year-old, of Goldenhill, was told by an officer to move …
Read More »Police block part of Potteries Way roundabout as driver taken to Royal Stoke
One lane of a busy roundabout remains coned off this afternoon after a crash. Sand has been put down on the carriageway and cobbles have been displaced on the roundabout linking Waterloo Road, Potteries Way and Hope Street, in Hanley. The temporary repair work means traffic travelling down Waterloo Road …
Read More »Police investigate after delivery driver mows down Hanley postbox
Police are investigating after a Royal Mail postbox was mown down by a delivery driver in the city centre. The red pillar box – on Trinity Street, in Hanley – was struck by the delivery vehicle on Wednesday night. It was knocked completely out of the ground in the incident, …
Read More »Royal Mail resumes deliveries to this Stoke-on-Trent flats complex after mix-up leaves residents without post
Postal deliveries have been reinstated at a flats complex – after a mix-up left residents without their mail. Deliveries had continued at Reginald Mitchell Court, in Hanley, throughout the coronavirus pandemic with post left in the building’s reception. But that unexpectedly changed earlier this week to trigger complaints from residents. …
Read More »‘We are truly grateful to our loyal customers…’ – 20,000 households to be offered 10% off shop after car park reopens at Stoke-on-Trent supermarket
Twenty-thousand households are being offered discounts on their supermarket shop – to reward customers for their patience during ‘disruptive’ demolition works next to a busy store. Iceland has been handing out 10 per cent discount vouchers to shoppers using its Hanley store this week. It follows the reopening of the …
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